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If it hadn’t been for his cousin insisting on going to that party, then none of this would have happened.
“Oh come on, Kihyun, it’s our graduation,” Jin begged making those puppy eyes at him as if to help convince him.
“Well okay,” He said with a chuckle before turning towards his cousin’s boyfriend, Namjoon, who seemed far too entertained with the book in his hand. “You’re coming with us too aren’t you, Namjoon?”
The elder had turned to look at them and had let out, “I have no choice, even if I say no it won’t stop Jin from trying to go.” He said with a soft smile before adding, “Besides, I can’t leave him alone right now in his condition.”
‘Right, the baby,’ He thought to himself. He couldn’t completely get over the news. After all, it was only yesterday that the two had told them all during their family gathering. Uncle Minjin and Uncle HyunSeok—Jin’s parents—hadn’t been happy at first, but when Namjoon had also asked for their blessing to marry Jin, it seemed to ease their anger. It helped that Namjoon had been a part of their family for years now that made it easier for his uncles to accept it. Besides, they had always trusted Namjoon with Jin.
“He’ll probably want to come home early anyways. He’s been very unenergetic these past few days,” Namjoon said confidently which made Jin completely ignore him.
“I just want to go to one last party with my cousin before you leave me and go to Japan,” Jin had said getting a little teary in the eyes.
“Hey, don’t cry I won’t be gone long. Besides, I promised I would visit during the breaks,” Kihyun said scooting closer to his cousin and wrapping his arms around him in a hug.
Jin wasn’t the only one who had felt so strongly about his decision to study abroad. Even his parents had continuously asked if he was sure this was what he wanted. Japan had a lot to offer him, in form of an elite art university. His dream was to eventually work for XX Fashion Inc. It was his dream, and since the university in Japan worked close with XX Fashion Inc. it made him all the more determined to study there.
“I’m trying,” Jin said rubbing his eyes, which seemed to get Namjoon to pull away from his book and focus his full attentions on Jin.
“Why don’t we start getting ready, hm?” Namjoon said kissing his boyfriend’s head, trying to ease his mood swings.
“I’ll see you there then, I still have to go home and finish packing a few things,” Kihyun said with a smile before getting up from the couch. He was about to leave but then he turned on his heel and looked at his cousin and his boyfriend, “You sure you got this?”
Namjoon had looked up at him and nodded his head, “Don’t worry, Jin’s going to be fine.” He assured.
“And be on time Kihyun,” Jin had called out after him as he watched him leave.
*~*~*
Even though Jin had reminded him not to be late, he could hardly avoid being an hour late. He had been so caught up in making sure he was not forgetting to pack anything. Even his mother, had even helped him go through his check list. He could only hope that his cousin wasn’t livid with him for being late.
The party had already been raving when he had walked in. There was people he recognized from school, and people he didn’t. Which was a rather surprising turn out. He had walked through the crowd until he had spotted his friends. “Jeonghan, have you seen Jin?” He asked when he had been able to reach his friends.
“Jin?” Jeonghan said with a smile before he was looking around, before finally turning towards his friend, “No, I haven’t but look let me introduce you to this guy. This guy is really hot,” Jeonghan said whispering the last thing to Kihyun a little too enthusiastically. He had pulled him towards the guy he had been just talking to, “This is Seungcheol.”
He had to give it to Jeonghan, he was never wrong when it came to men. “Hi,” He found himself saying with a smile.
“Hey,” the guy practically yelled over the loud music.
When the music had changed Jeonghan had dragged Seungcheol down to the dance floor. It had made him chuckle to himself and think that this was something typical for his friend. He had made his way towards the bar counter and had asked for a drink, which had surprised him when he saw another of his friends handing him a beer. “Who made you in charge of drinks?” Kihyun said with eyeing his friend Sanghyuk.
“I did,” Sanghyuk said with a grin before he was adding, “Besides, someone had to. The drinks aren’t going to pass themselves out. Drink up, and have some fun.” He said before he was getting more drinks from the coolers to pass to the other person on the other side asking for a beer.
Kihyun couldn’t help but shake his head as he looked at the beer in front of him, before taking a sip of it as he turned to try and look for his cousin. He had even checked his phone to see if his cousin had messaged him.
“Are you waiting for someone?” A voice had said startling kihyun.
When he had looked up, he had seen another man looking at him with a sheepish smile. “Uh, yeah, I am.” He said returning the smile before looking back down at his phone one last time before putting it back in his pocket.
“Your boyfriend?” The man had asked once more, gaining Kihyun’s attention.
“No, my cousin. He told me to come, but I haven’t ran into him yet,” Kihyun found himself saying before he was mumbling out, “Jin better not have stood me up.”
“Ah, I’m sure he’ll show up soon,” He said trying to comfort him before he was saying, “I’m Shownu, by the way.”
“Kihyun,” he said with a smile.
They had spent the next few songs talking about nothing at all, but when the topic about favorite meals had come up, Shownu had suggested they leave and actually go get something to eat. He had been a little hesitant until he had looked at his phone he had seen a message from Namjoon.
‘Sorry, doesn’t look like we will be going after all. Jin’s mom made him call our doctor and he said that it wouldn’t be good for the baby if we went. Jin said to have fun though.’
Which made him end up agreeing, and both he and Shownu had ended up going to get some food from a nearby restaurant that the other had recommended. Shownu had ended up getting steak while he had ordered a bowl of seafood soup.
When the food had come out, the smell of the food had made both of them sigh in content. “Hm~” Kihyun had hummed in delight as he had tried some of the soup. “You were right, this is the best soup in town.” Kihyun had said with a small chuckle before he was watching Shownu cut his steak.
“See, I told you. I know restaurants,” Shownu said with a small chuckle before he was holding out a small piece of steak towards Kihyun to let him try it as well.
Which he had accepted more than happily. The taste of the food had Kihyun humming in delight. “I won’t doubt you again,” Kihyun said before sharing some of his soup with Shownu.
“So if not culinary, what are you studying?” Kihyun asked out of curiosity. He thought culinary was something very fitting for the man. Especially with how much they had talked about food.
“Business and marketing, but if I am honest, I am taking a few lessons on cooking.” Shownu said as he took some of the younger boy’s rice. They had been past the point of asking, especially when Kihyun was currently focused on the food on his plate instead of his own.
“Business? Wow,” He said not even hiding how surprised he was. He would have not guessed Shownu would be working in an office, especially with how well built he was. The thought had Kihyun blushing a little before he was looking down at the food in front of him, in attempts to distract himself from the man’s arms. “Wait, but if you like food so much why not study culinary?” Kihyun asked trying to change the subject so that he wasn’t thinking about Shownu’s physic.
“Hm, maybe because I’m a disaster in the kitchen,” Shownu said with a small chuckle. He wished he was just joking, but he had never really tried to cook but once, and that had not ended well. Besides, he preferred tasting the food than actually making it himself.
“I won’t believe it, until I see it,” Kihyun said pointing his chopsticks towards him. How bad can one person be?
“Alright, I’ll show you,” Shownu said with a smile placing his fork down and standing up as he held a hand out to Kihyun, “Come on.”
Kihyun had looked at his hand before looking up at him, “You’re serious?” He had only been playing, but seeing the man nod his head Kihyun had only let out a small giggle before taking his hand, “Okay, then show me.”
And somehow they had ended up at Shownu’s place. When he had walked inside, it was the first time Kihyun had wondered just who exactly Shownu was. The place was rather extravagant and almost made him wonder just what exactly Shownu did to afford a place like this.
“Sorry about the mess, we just finished with our finals so we haven’t had the chance to clean,” Shownu said kicking a sweater out of the entry way and behind the slightly opened closet by the door.
“We?” Kihyun had asked looking at him with a confused look.
“My roommates,” Shownu said before taking Kihyun’s hand once more and leading him towards the kitchen. It was a good thing that out of all of them, Jaejoong knew how to cook and kept their fridge stocked with actual homemade meals and not take-out.
They never actually got to the cooking part, especially when Shownu had handed Kihyun a cup of coffee. They spoke for hours, about wishful thinking. There was so much that they had talked about and so much that had nothing to do with their lives, but of possibilities of a whole bunch of ‘what ifs’. They had agreed on so much, and for a moment they lost themselves in their shared thoughts.
He had never thoughts he would ever feel so comfortable talking to someone about nothing important. A part of him had just wanted to continue talking about nonsense all night long with him. He hadn’t cared that they hadn’t talked about themselves, and just talking about everything and anything. He had never spoken about his favorite books and had them seem so interested in it. Jin wasn’t much of a reader, nor were their friends. Being in school kind of made reading less appealing for them to pick up, but it was always something he had loved to do.
Shownu had ended up being the one who had made the first move, giving Kihyun a kiss. But he had pulled back when Kihyun had not returned it. “I’m sorry,” he had said.
“Don’t,” Kihyun had quickly said before he was leaning back in, “Don’t be sorry,” he said moving himself closer to kiss him this time.
*~*~*
The rays of sun sneaking into the room had Kihyun groaning as he pulled the covers over his head trying to get comfortable and go back to sleep, and without knowing the little piece of paper had been pushed off the table and into the bin.
It wasn’t until the loud sounds of his phone vibrating against the table that Kihyun had sat up. A small wince had left his lips when he had sat up, his body felt so sore that it had him laying back down and curling in his bed.
His bed?
He had sat back up once more and looked around. This wasn’t his room, this was Shownu’s bedroom. He couldn’t help but blush as he pulled the covers to himself, but the embarrassment had quickly faded when he noticed the missing person besides him. The apartment was a little too quiet.
“Shownu?” Kihyun had called as he slowly stood up from the bed and looked around.
He had ended up dressing again before he was looking around the apartment for him, but he couldn’t find him at all. The more places that he looked the more his head was coming to the conclusion that he had just left him there so he could get out on his own.
The more he thought about it the more hurt he felt.
When his phone had vibrated once more in his hand Kihyun had seen all Jin’s and his parent’s worried message coming in. It was Jin’s message that made him feel like he knew just what was going on.
‘Just come home, Kihyun’
He couldn’t help feel the tears start rolling down his cheeks as he rushed to the door, he didn’t even bother putting on his shoes. He had just grabbed them and rushed out of the apartment, trying to wipe away his tears as he did.